On my birthday I made the mistake of checking out a Twitter profile of a person I have zero respect for, the problem was, it wasn't really a mistake, it was a compulsion. I used to check out their profile frequently. More on that in a minute...
When I checked out their tweets, I was made aware that I was being used as a negative example of …

Turning 50
Monday was my 50th birthday. It seems obligatory to say something along the lines of what a newly turned 50-year-olds should say. Something like, "Sometimes my body feels like 50 in the morning but my mind feels 20 all the time."
It's true! How the heck did I get this old?! Ugh! So weird...
Leading up to this milestone I have been …

One way the shackles of fear fell off my heart so I could find congruence between who I am as a gay man and a man of faith was to meditate on the Fruit of the Spirit:
Galatians 5:22-23 states that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no …

From NBC News, "Pulse survivor says he is no longer gay, has found Christ":
A survivor of the June 2016 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 people dead now says he has found Christ and is no longer gay.
“I should have been number 50!,” Luis Javier Ruiz said in a message posted to Facebook. “Going through old …

First, thank you to everyone who has reached out about the USA Today article. Dan and I have gotten quite a bit of feedback and people reaching out wanting to share their story and experience. It might take a little bit to respond to everyone, but we will!
It's also been great to hear from several people who went to the Exodus referral ministry …

Yesterday (online, print edition out today) I had the honor of lending my voice and story to the USA Today article written by Susan Miller, "'Being LGBTQ is not an illness': Record number of states banning conversion therapy."
It's encouraging to hear that the wave of bans against conversion therapy for minors is gaining momentum. I am so …